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Trowbridge's Shrew

Sorex

trowbridgii

This is perhaps the least studied shrew in BC where it is considere rare. As with many other species of conservation concern on the South Coast Trowbridge's Shrew is restricted to the extreme southwest of the province where it is also at the northern end of its North American range.

Trowbridge’s Shrew is uniformly dark grey, slightly browner in summer than in winter, with distinctly white feet. Vibrissae (whiskers) are numerous and the skull and rostrum (snout) are shorter, giving this species a rounder face and head than other shrews. Juveniles have hairy tales that become naked like a rat’s as they mature. In shrews dentition patterns, shape and number are a key identification tool. The third unicuspid is smaller than fourth and the teeth are pigmented a dark reddish-brown.

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